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By seeing the American flag raised above Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
the defeat of the British attack on Baltimore, Maryland
A strong feeling of patriotism inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.
He was watching a battle on a British ship (he was captured) and he saw a battle for an American fort going on. The explosions and rage he saw were inspiring, so he wrote a patriotic song.
he was a prisoner aboard a ship watching a batlle of the british and Americans, it was night so he couldn't see but with the light he had, he wrote a poem on a piece of wood descrbiging the battle, the whoole time he was wathcing the flag from all of the gunfure and cannon blast to see if it was still up or if it was being taken down for the british to rise theres

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By seeing the American flag raised above Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
the defeat of the British attack on Baltimore, Maryland
A strong feeling of patriotism inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.
He was watching a battle on a British ship (he was captured) and he saw a battle for an American fort going on. The explosions and rage he saw were inspiring, so he wrote a patriotic song.
he was a prisoner aboard a ship watching a batlle of the british and Americans, it was night so he couldn't see but with the light he had, he wrote a poem on a piece of wood descrbiging the battle, the whoole time he was wathcing the flag from all of the gunfure and cannon blast to see if it was still up or if it was being taken down for the british to rise theres

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the defeat of the British attack on Baltimore, Maryland

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By seeing the American flag raised above Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
the defeat of the British attack on Baltimore, Maryland
A strong feeling of patriotism inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.
He was watching a battle on a British ship (he was captured) and he saw a battle for an American fort going on. The explosions and rage he saw were inspiring, so he wrote a patriotic song.
he was a prisoner aboard a ship watching a batlle of the british and Americans, it was night so he couldn't see but with the light he had, he wrote a poem on a piece of wood descrbiging the battle, the whoole time he was wathcing the flag from all of the gunfure and cannon blast to see if it was still up or if it was being taken down for the british to rise theres

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By seeing the American flag raised above Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
the defeat of the British attack on Baltimore, Maryland
A strong feeling of patriotism inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.
He was watching a battle on a British ship (he was captured) and he saw a battle for an American fort going on. The explosions and rage he saw were inspiring, so he wrote a patriotic song.
he was a prisoner aboard a ship watching a batlle of the british and Americans, it was night so he couldn't see but with the light he had, he wrote a poem on a piece of wood descrbiging the battle, the whoole time he was wathcing the flag from all of the gunfure and cannon blast to see if it was still up or if it was being taken down for the british to rise theres

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the defeat of the British attack on Baltimore, Maryland

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the battle of thames

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What song was inspired by the attack on fort McHenry?

The Star Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key.


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The defeat of the British at Baltimore, Maryland


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Francis Scott key in the brig of the British ship in the harbor in the war of 1812


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When was the star spangled banner written?

in 1814During the Battle of Fort McHenry in September of 1814 by Francis Scott Key.


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